Kazuo Matsui
Kazuo Matsui
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 23, 1975 in Osaka, Japan
High School: PL Gakuen (Osaka City, Osaka)
Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets in 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 2004
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2004 NYM NL 28 SS 110 108 941.2 520 174 323 23 65 .956 -7.1 -9.0 -7.1 -3.6 -3.5 0 4.75 4.52 .973 4.45 3.94 RoY-6
2004 NYM NL 28 2B 3 3 24.0 13 4 8 1 3 .923 -0.1 -5.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 4.00 .985 5.03 4.30 RoY-6
2005 NYM NL 29 2B 71 64 560.0 303 107 187 9 32 .970 3.3 7.1 4.3 2.1 2.2 -1 4.72 4.14 .981 4.98 4.30
2006 TOT NL 30 2B 52 51 463.0 281 120 158 3 48 .989 -0.1 -0.3 -1.1 -2.9 1.8 1 5.40 5.35 .982 5.05 4.37
2006 NYM NL 30 2B 31 30 276.0 158 72 85 1 22 .994 0.8 3.5 0.8 -1.3 2.1 0 5.12 5.06 .982 5.05 4.37
2006 COL NL 30 2B 21 21 187.0 123 48 73 2 26 .984 -0.9 -5.8 -1.9 -1.6 -0.3 1 5.82 5.76 .982 5.05 4.37
2006 COL NL 30 SS 3 3 26.0 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 -1.4 -64.6 -1.4 -0.3 -1.1 0 1.73 1.67 .980 4.40 4.00
2007 COL NL 31 2B 102 96 863.1 515 200 311 4 84 .992 20.8 28.9 16.8 6.2 10.6 4 5.33 5.01 .984 4.86 4.23
2008 HOU NL 32 2B 94 94 806.0 421 190 219 12 56 .971 -7.0 -10.4 -6.0 -3.4 -2.6 -1 4.57 4.35 .982 4.83 4.04
2009 HOU NL 33 2B 130 127 1101.1 658 279 373 6 99 .991 0.9 1.0 -0.1 2.7 -2.8 1 5.33 5.02 .984 4.86 4.16
6 Seasons 2B 452 435 3817.2 2191 900 1256 35 322 .984 17.8 5.6 13.8 4.7 9.1 4 5.08 4.77 .983 4.90 4.20
2 Seasons SS 113 111 967.2 525 178 324 23 66 .956 -8.5 -10.5 -8.5 -3.9 -4.6 0 4.67 4.44 .974 4.45 3.94
6 Seasons TOT 565 546 4785.1 2716 1078 1580 58 388 .979 9.3 2.3 5.3 0.8 4.5 4 5.00 4.70 .960 4.81 4.15

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2004 NYM NL 28 114 111 114 113 0 0 0 3 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
2005 NYM NL 29 87 64 87 71 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
2006 NYM NL 30 38 30 38 31 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
2006 COL NL 30 32 24 32 24 0 0 0 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
2007 COL NL 31 104 96 104 102 0 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
2008 HOU NL 32 96 94 96 94 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2009 HOU NL 33 132 127 132 130 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
6 Seasons 603 546 603 565 0 0 0 452 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 42 7
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2004 NYM NL 28 105 54% 70% 31% 10 90% 0 4 2 1 1 8 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
2005 NYM NL 29 2420 56% 74% 32% 234 91% 0 107 47 48 12 187 163 22 0 6 9 0 6 3 7 32 11 5 15 0 31 15 16 1 0 1
2006 NYM NL 30 1204 61% 71% 30% 99 96% 2 72 27 29 16 85 70 10 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 23 9 2 6 0 19 6 11 4 2 1
2006 COL NL 30 891 54% 74% 32% 80 94% 0 48 19 25 4 73 59 11 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 26 8 7 7 1 23 8 15 3 2 1
2007 COL NL 31 3720 60% 76% 35% 353 95% 0 200 72 97 31 311 258 48 1 1 4 0 2 2 3 84 27 17 31 3 78 34 44 4 3 1
2008 HOU NL 32 3557 58% 75% 31% 285 94% 0 190 85 80 26 219 184 28 1 6 12 1 6 5 7 56 19 9 18 1 49 19 29 6 3 2
2009 HOU NL 33 4950 58% 73% 32% 410 95% 0 279 87 130 62 373 312 51 1 6 6 1 5 0 5 99 34 21 33 3 94 36 57 1 1 0
6 Seasons 16847 58% 74% 32% 1471 94% 2 900 339 410 152 1256 1051 172 5 22 35 2 23 10 26 323 108 62 112 8 297 120 173 19 11 6
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2004 NYM NL 28 4237 59% 76% 33% 412 88% 1 174 85 71 18 323 255 59 1 8 23 1 9 13 19 65 22 4 21 10 3 63 27 35 1 0 0
2006 COL NL 30 111 44% 72% 34% 2 100% 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons 4348 59% 76% 33% 414 88% 1 178 87 73 18 324 256 59 1 8 23 1 9 13 19 66 22 4 22 10 3 64 27 36 1 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 89%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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